Summary:
SHIMLA: There are no whereabouts of five army jawans buried under avalanche in Namgia area of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh since Wednesday afternoon. Around 12 noon, avalanche hit the area taking along the army jawans. Inclement weather conditions and fresh avalanche on Thursday halted the rescue operation launched by 150 personnel or army, ITBP and police for a while which later resumed again. With incessant rain and snowfall in the area, rescue mission has become challenging. In the avalanche, five jawans of ITBP were also injured.Five jawans were buried under avalanche on Wednesday when they were repairing the frozen water pipe in the nullah between Dogri and Namgia along Shipkila pass in Pooh block..